1. Who was the Kolanpaka Jagirdar who forcibly converted Dalits in the village to Islam?
2. Which Andhra Maha Sabha leaders belonged to Kolanpaka village and led the Shuddhi programme to re-convert forcibly converted Dalits back to Hinduism?
3. Bethavolu, the site of a peasants' agitation against illegal taxes, was originally located in which Taluq of Nalgonda district?
4. Who was the Bethavolu Maktadar against whom the peasants' agitation was directed?
5. In the Bethavolu peasants' agitation, which of the following correctly identifies the roles played?
6. Which of the following taxes was NOT among those imposed by the Bethavolu Maktadar on the peasants?
7. Shaik Bandagi, whose land agitation against the Visnoor Deshmukh became a key inspiration for the Telangana Armed Struggle, belonged to which village?
8. Who was the Visnoor Deshmukh of Janagaon Taluq against whom Shaik Bandagi fought his land dispute?
9. On which date was Shaik Bandagi murdered while travelling to Hyderabad to collect his court judgment copy?
10. Who was the Munugodu Deshmukh who was killed by villagers while travelling in a bullock cart?
11. Who was the Paritala Jagirdar's agent who tortured the people and was killed by them in retaliation?
12. Consider the following pairs of villages and the landlords associated with agitations against them:
(I) Ammula Palem – Kalluri Rajeshwar Rao
(II) Errabadu – Jinna Reddy Pratap Reddy
(III) Mulkala Gudem – Pingali Ranga Reddy
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
13. In Dharmapuram and Mundrai villages of Jangoan Taluq, which tribal community had its land taken over by landlords before reclaiming it with the help of the Andhra Mahasabha and the Communists?
14. Who first established the Forest Department in Hyderabad State, in 1867?
15. Consider the following statements regarding taxes imposed on tribals under the 1917 Act of the Nizam government:
(I) Bancherai Pannu was levied for grazing cattle in the forest
(II) Pay Dumpa Patti was levied for collecting firewood
(III) Ghar Patti and Nagar Patti were also taxes levied on tribal people
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
16. Which place did Ramji Gond, regarded as the first tribal freedom fighter to resist British rule, make his centre of operations?
17. On which date was Ramji Gond, along with 1,000 of his soldiers, hanged at Nirmal?
18. What name did the banyan tree at Nirmal, where Ramji Gond was hanged, come to be known by?
19. The Nayakpod and Kolam Rebellion of 1879–80 broke out in the forest region between which two places?
20. The Konda Reddy Rebellion of 1915–16 took place in the forest area between Bhadrachalam and which region?
21. In which region of Adilabad district was Komaram Bheem born on 22 October 1901?
22. Who were Komaram Bheem's parents?
23. What was the Tahsil Office, established at Utnoor in 1918, set up to begin collecting?
24. Where was a paper mill established in 1935 that took over large tracts of forest land, forcing local tribals into labour?
25. Who was the Zamindar killed by Komaram Bheem for forcibly taking his family's crop produce at Surdapur village?
26. Who was the social worker under whom Komaram Bheem worked at a printing press in Chandrapur and who influenced him?
27. After Vitthoba's arrest, in which occupation did Komaram Bheem work in Assam for five years?
28. Besides Jodeghat, which other place did Komaram Bheem make his centre while raising the slogan "Jal–Jungle–Jameen" (Water–Forest–Land)?
29. Under which banner did Komaram Bheem fight for the independence of 12 tribal regions?
30. Who was the local Taluqdar of Asifabad against whom Komaram Bheem revolted and continued a guerrilla campaign?
31. Whose information led to the 27 October 1940 attack by 300 armed police on Komaram Bheem's Jodeghat camp?
32. Which Austrian ethnologist did the Nizam appoint to study the conditions of the Gonds following the Jodeghat incident?
33. Which Act did the Nizam and Revenue Minister Wilfred Gregson introduce in 1940, based on Haimendorf's recommendations?
34. Which leader, as a consequence of the Komaram Bheem struggle, framed rules under the Fifth and Sixth Schedules for the protection of tribal lands, subsequently leading to the 1/70 Act in India?
35. Since which year has the Telangana government observed Komaram Bheem's death anniversary as a "State Festival"?
36. What did the slogan "Bhoomi, Bhukti, Vimukti," which expressed the Telangana Armed Struggle's central objective, stand for?
37. Among the large landholdings cited as evidence of landlordism before the Armed Struggle, which Deshmukh held the largest area, at 1,50,000 acres?
38. Under the Nagu Vaddi system, cited as one of the causes of the Armed Struggle, what happened to a loan amount?
39. Consider the following statements on the causes of the Telangana Armed Struggle:
(I) The Hukki Malikana Tax was levied on toddy workers
(II) The Vetti/Baghela systems involved forced labour
(III) Programmes against Hinduism, in the form of forced conversions, were also a contributing cause
Which of the above is/are correct?
40. Along with Maqdoom Mohiuddin and Sayyad Ibrahim, who else established the "Comrades Association" in December 1939?
41. Along with Raavi Narayana Reddy, who founded the Communist Party in Hyderabad in 1940?
42. Consider the following statements regarding the phases of the Telangana Armed Struggle:
(I) The 1st Phase (1940–46) involved consolidation of Communist strength
(II) The 2nd Phase (1946–47) was directed against landlords and Deshmukhs
(III) The 3rd Phase (1947–48) was an armed rebellion against the Nizam
Which of the above is/are correct?
43. During which phase of the Telangana Armed Struggle did communists conduct "Education Week" and "Beghar Week" to build public support?
44. Along with Sunkara Satyanarayana, who wrote the play *Maa Bhoomi*, built around the theme "Dunne Vadide Bhoomi" (land for the tiller)?
45. To which caste did Chakali Ailamma, whose struggle against the Visnoor Deshmukh made her a heroic figure of the movement, belong?
46. Who was the Maktedar of Mallempally, under whom Chakali Ailamma's family cultivated land as tenants?
47. What is the name of the case filed against Ailamma's husband Narasaiah and their sons after she supported the Andhra Mahasabha and Communist Party?
48. Which Andhra Mahasabha members fought off the Visnoor Deshmukh's goons and recovered Ailamma's seized crop for her family?
49. What function was being inaugurated at Palakurthi village when Deshmukh's goons attacked the meeting, leading to the Palakurthi Conspiracy Case?
50. Whose severe beating by villagers led to an attempted-murder charge against 12 people, including Arutla Ramachandra Reddy, in the Palakurthi Conspiracy Case?
51. Who was the lawyer who argued in favour of the villagers in the Palakurthi Conspiracy Case?
52. To which caste did Doddi Komaraiah, remembered as the first martyr of the Telangana Armed Struggle, belong?
53. Doddi Komaraiah, of Kadavendi village, was the brother of Doddi Mallaiah, a committee member of which organization?
54. Who led the Janakamma's goons who attacked Andhra Mahasabha Sangam members' houses at Kadavendi?
55. Who led the Akunur village revolt against the forcible grain levy?
56. What was the book titled that Devulapalli Venkateshwar Rao wrote on the atrocities at Akunur and Machireddy Palli?
57. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi ask to visit Akunur and Machireddy Palli and send a fact-finding report on the atrocities there?
58. Who was the Errabadu landlord who had annexed 1,000 acres from surrounding farmers, provoking a revolt led by Gajula Ramachandraiah?
59. What name did Vijayawada acquire after Communists shifted their base there in October 1946, following the establishment of military camps at Warangal and Nalgonda?
60. Who chaired the commission appointed by the Nizam government in November 1946, after banning the Communist Party, to suppress the Armed Struggle?
61. Along with Raavi Narayana Reddy and Baddam Yella Reddy, who made the 11 September 1947 announcement declaring armed struggle against the Nizam?
62. Consider the following statements on the objectives of the Telangana Armed Struggle in its 3rd Phase:
(I) Seizing weapons from landlords, police, and Razakars
(II) Occupying landlord and government wasteland for distribution among the poor
(III) Boycotting government offices, courts, and educational institutions
Which of the above is/are correct?
63. What was the group called that consisted of enthusiastic young men who patrolled village outskirts from trees and signalled approaching Razakars or police?
64. What was the name of the group tasked with blocking enemy entry into villages, including by destroying bridges to stop Razakars and Nizam soldiers?
65. On which police camp did the guerrillas launch their first attack, aimed at seizing weapons?
66. Under whose leadership did around 6,000 people attack the Razakar camp of Jagirdar Kolanpaka in Bhuvanagiri Taluq and hoist the red flag there on 29 November 1947?
67. Consider the following pairs of guerrilla leaders martyred in the 3rd Phase and their regions:
(I) Anabheri Prabhakar Rao – Karimnagar
(II) Bhupathi Reddy – Siricilla
(III) Pasunuri Venkat Reddy – Nalgonda
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
68. Through which military action was Hyderabad State merged into the Indian Union on 17 September 1948?
69. Following whose call did the 4th Phase of the Telangana Armed Struggle (17 September 1948 – 21 October 1951) continue?
70. Who was the Military Governor of Hyderabad given full powers to suppress the Communists, after Vallabhbhai Patel's 6 October 1950 visit and address at Fateh Maidan?
71. What was the military government's plan to suppress the Communists, prepared under the leadership of Nanjappa, known as?
72. On whose advice did the Communists call off the Telangana Armed Struggle on 21 October 1951?
73. Along with the Chenchu, which community's women supported the guerrilla forces and Communist cadres during the Armed Struggle?
74. Who was the first woman martyr of the Telangana Armed Struggle, an 11-year-old girl who died from torture by the Nizam's police and Razakars?
75. Consider the following pairs of women participants in the Armed Struggle and their regions:
(I) Arutla Kamala Devi – Bhuvanagiri
(II) Lalitha – Suryapet
(III) Mallu Swarajyam – Nalgonda
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
76. In which mandal of Suryapet district is Kothagudem village, where Mallu Swarajyam was born in 1931?
77. Who was Mallu Swarajyam's brother, also an important Communist leader of Hyderabad?
78. Which book on the Telangana Armed Struggle was authored by Devulapalli Venkateshwara Rao?
79. Who wrote Telangana People's Struggle & Its Lessons and Veera Telangana Viplava Poratam, Guna Patalu?
80. What was the title of Raavi Narayana Reddy's memoir of his experiences in the Armed Struggle?
81. Consider the following statements on the slogans/comments associated with the Telangana Armed Struggle:
(I) Rentala Gopala Krishna's line "Pagaleyi Nizam Kota, Egarey Erabavuta" called for hoisting the red flag after destroying the Nizam Fort
(II) Chandra Rajeshwar Rao is associated with the "Andhra Thesis" slogan
(III) Kaloji is associated with the "Andhra Thesis" slogan
Which of the above is/are correct?
82. Which act, passed in June 1950, granted ownership rights to tenants cultivating the lands of Deshmukhs, as a direct result of the Telangana Armed Struggle?
83. Consider the following statements on the results of the Telangana Armed Struggle:
(I) Vetti and other illegal taxes and bribery practices were abolished
(II) Land reforms were introduced in 1949
(III) The struggle had no influence on peasant movements elsewhere in India
Which of the above is/are correct?
